Genetic Analysis Identifies DDR2 as a Novel Gene Affecting Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporotic Fractures in Chinese Population

• Yan Guo,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Tie-Lin Yang ,

  * E-mail: yangtielin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (TLY); hdeng2@tulane.edu (HWD)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Shan-Shan Dong,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Han Yan,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Ruo-Han Hao,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Xiao-Feng Chen,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Jia-Bin Chen,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, and Institute of Molecular Genetics, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China

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• Qing Tian,

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Jian Li,

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Hui Shen,

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Hong-Wen Deng

  * E-mail: yangtielin@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (TLY); hdeng2@tulane.edu (HWD)

  Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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